Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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Players work hard Team works togeth r What do dedication, late nights, and hard work have in common? They all have to do with basketball as Joel Erdmann, first year coach learned when he took on the position of sopho- more basketball coach. Improvement and success were two words often associated with basketball. Both the sopho- more and freshmen teams achieved both of these even if they did not show it in the winfloss column. According to Coach Erdmann all of his players worked hard and were never willing to give up. Most of the games we lost, we only lost by a few points, commented Coach Erdmann. Dale Cook, freshmen coach, praised his players for the hard work they put forth. Unfortun- ately, the team lost its star players because they did not make grades, Coach Cook, thought that Tokay will prosper in the future because a lot of other schools do not have freshmen teams. The fundamentals of the game and how to work together was what the freshmen players learned, said Coach Cook. Ov- 164 O l. Hoping to break a tie score, sophomore Melchor Labitoria re- aches for the basket. 2. Trying to avoid his opponent's block is freshman Jason Firsich 3. Sopho- more basketball team members are front row Keith Williams, Jermain Fox, Brett Place, Andy Martinez, Melchor Labitoria, Curtis Cole, and David Duran. Row two Raymond Frey, Craig Stevenson, Shaun Holmes, John Daniels, Jeff Fair, Steve Cole, and Curtis Bernard. erall, even though neither of the teams did well in the winfloss column, they improved as indivi- duals and as a team. l was pleased with the teams success, said Coach Erdmann, the most positive thing was that l was lucky enough to have all good kids and students who loved to play basketball. For the sophomores post sea- son honors went to: Brett Place, most valuable, Steve Cole, most improved, and Jermain Fox, best defensive player. by Kimberlee Giberson TOKAY Soph basketball 30 East Union 45 Sonora 56 Christian Bros 65 Atwater 59 Elk Grove 47 Grace Dacis 54 Franklin' 55 Edison' 57 Stagg' 23 St. Marys' 33 Lincoln'44 31 Tracy' 48 Lodi' 45 Franklin'65 55 Edison' 65 Stagg' 45 St. Marys 52 Lincoln' 43 Tracy' 58 Lodi' ' denotes league game

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PN .X-in .. U ,V f. M wx-ww TOKAY 'X' 72 East union 75 64 Sonora 66 57 Christian Bros. 62 62 Edison 54 39 St. Marys 49 51 Lincoln 58 61 Atwater 74 59 Delasalle 61 56 Gridley 41 55 St. Mary's 43 59 Ellsgrove 54 67 Grace Davis 76 65 Armijo 43 45 Center 47 34 Manteca 46 54 Franklin' 49 68 Edison' 53 66 Stagg' 60 72 St. Mary's' 65 51 Lincoln' 50 55 Tracy' 53 63 Lodi' 50 77 Franklin' 63 60 Edison' 55 71 Stagg' 68 73 St. Mary's' 60 52 Lincoln' 69 53 Tracy' 59 63 Lodi' 55 Post season play 55 Hogan 64 ' denotes league play 4. Center Yonnie Jackson brings the ball upcourt and looks for someone to pass to. 5. Splitting Lincoln defenders is senior David Alcoriza as he drives to the hoop. Varsity basketball 163

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.:Q.x,N,.. . . ,- ,.-.wwwuw-ev TOKAY Frosh basketball 51 Tracy' 39 Lincoin ' 52 ST, Marys' 54 Lodi' 53 Tracy' 50 Lincoln' 38 St Marys' 51 Lodi' ' denofes league game WN-wwmw-ww.,,.a., 4. Freshman Jason Vargas moves with ease from one end of the court to the other. 5. Freshman team members are front row Bruce Fry, 'YUKAY Smear? John DeWitt, Jason Vargas, Brett Drawve, and Jim McCann. Row two Dale Cook, head coach, Larry Giot- tonini, Jason Firsich, Byron Brown, Jon Garcia, and Joe White, Soph!Frosh Basketball 165